Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HALO ORNAMENT FOR LIGHT STRING

Date Range From

1953

Date Range To

1958

Materials

PLASTIC, PRESSED PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Height

6.8

Length

7.0

Width

2.6

Description

HALO ORNAMENT, CLEAR PLASTIC CIRCLE WITH CUT OUT THE SHAPE OF A LIGHT BULB. WHITE PRESSED PAPER RING INSERTED INTO CUTOUT OF HALO. PLASTIC SCRATCHED THROUGHOUT, SMALL REMNANTS OF BLUE PAINT ON EDGE OF CUTOUT, EDGES OF CUTOUT INTERMITTENTLY CRACKED.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

ACCORDING TO THE DONOR WENDY AITKENS, "[THE LIGHT BULB COVER] DECORATED OUR CHRISTMAS TREE. WE BOUGHT OUR TREES AT A LOCAL TREE LOT. AS THE THREE CHILDREN WAITED IMPATIENTLY, DAD INSTALLED THE TREE IN THE METAL STAND AND THEN METICULOUSLY CHECKED ALL THE LIGHT STRINGS BEFORE STRINGING THEM ON THE TREE. IT WAS ONLY AFTER HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THE LIGHTS LOOKED AND WORKED WERE THE REST OF US ALLOWED TO START HANGING ORNAMENTS, ICICLES AND THE TREE TOPPER. THE LIGHTS WITH SANTA AND FROSTY AND AN ANGEL WERE SPECIAL AND WE SOMETIMES WERE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE THE LIGHT OVER WHICH THEY WOULD SIT. I ALWAYS LOVED THE EFFECT THE HALO REFLECTORS MADE OVER THE LIGHT BULBS. THEY CREATED A COLOURFUL HALO OR CIRCLE OVER THE TOP OF THE BULB." SEE PERMANENT FILE SEE P20090030001 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FAMILY HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P20090030008

Acquisition Date

2009-09

Collection

Museum

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